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One of my most productive writing times is during my day job’s lunch hour. I eat a fast lunch, usually a microwaved single serving meal, and when that’s done, spend the rest of the hour writing on my MacBook.

I can get anywhere from 800 to 1200 words written, and because I use my iPhone as a hotspot not a byte of that writing passes through my employer’s corporate network. (Call me paranoid but I am a firm believer in keeping all personal data off an employer’s network.)

This week is proving to be frustrating in more than one manner.

First off, I have come to some conclusions about the plot with very serious implications and great dramatic potential, but they require that I really work out the backstory elements that in my writing by-the-seat-of-my-pants, I haven’t yet considered.

More impactful is that the key for the letter ‘E’ on my MacBook is now acting up like a frustrated two-year-old. Sometimes, quite often really, it doesn’t register the strike, and I end up with a word missing one or more Es. Other times it gets stuck, and I am suddenly confronted with a long string of the most used vowel in the English language.

I have an appointment on Saturday morning to have the machine serviced, but until then my productivity is taking a serious hit. Yesterday I managed a mere 200 words as my stream of creative thought was constantly interrupted while I inserted or deleted Es in various bits of text.

This will not be a long period of hampered writing, and I still have high hopes that the first draft of Cult Movie (working title) will be completed by the end of the month.